BOULDER — Senior Rodney Stewart never had a winning record. He never played in a bowl game. But his name will be sprinkled throughout Colorado’s record book.
He added another entry in Saturday’s 48-29 win over Arizona. His 181 yards rushing and 23 yards receiving give him 4,409 yards from scrimmage, passing the record of his position coach, Eric Bieniemy, who had 4,320 from 1987-90.
Stewart averaged 7.5 yards a carry.
“We found a weak spot in the defense,” Stewart said. “We kept calling the play over and over.”
Worst winds in 40 years.
Winds averaged 45 mph, with gusts reaching 71 mph. It was the windiest game at Folsom Field since 1971 when CU kept it on the ground in a 40-6 win over Oklahoma State as Charlie Davis rushed for a school-record 342 yards.
Espinoza gets another.
Jason Espinoza has something to tell his grandkids. After moving from receiver to cornerback in September, the 5-foot-8 former walk-on from Alamosa picked off quarterback Nick Foles, marking the second potential first-round draft pick he has intercepted. Espinoza had the lone pick against Matt Barkley the previous game against Southern California.
Defensive shuffle.
Travis Sandersfeld moved from cornerback to starting safety for the first time this year, making room for Parker Orms, who returned from a four-game suspension to start at cornerback.
Fourth-and-short.
Paul Richardson had a concussion in the fourth quarter and did not return. Orms suffered a hamstring injury in the same period and did not return. They are day to day. Defensive end Chidera Uzo-Diribe had a shoulder injury and is probable for UCLA. . . . Will Oliver’s hooked extra point in the second quarter ended a streak of 22 straight makes to open his career. . . . Sophomore walk-on John Ford’s 17-yard TD run in the second quarter was his first touchdown since his senior year at Mullen High in 2008.
